Francis Noonan
Advisor at Personal Financial Specialists
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Advisor at Personal Financial Specialists
Data sourced from SEC public records (and other sources when available). Some details may be added by the advisor after claiming their profile. Refreshed daily • Updated today.
Location
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
Credentials
ChFC®, Series 63, Series 65
Industry experience
42 years
Francis Noonan is a financial advisor with Personal Financial Specialists, holding the ChFC® designation and Series 63 and 65 licenses, with 41 years of industry experience. He has worked at LPL Financial LLC since 2025 and previously operated his own sole proprietorship under Personal Financial Specialists from 1999 to 2025. He also has extensive experience with Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., Bauman, Noonan and Associates, and American United Life Insurance Company. Personal Financial Specialists primarily serves retirement plans and plan participants, along with IRA and money-management clients, providing plan communication, administrative services, and investment advice tailored to participant needs. The firm’s investment approach is largely non-discretionary, focusing on mutual funds and ETFs selected from Charles Schwab’s no-transaction-fee lists and guided by a primary-market-trend framework, combining technical and fundamental analysis.
Based on Personal Financial Specialists
For some retirement plan clients, out-of-pocket cost limited to $375 per year under certain pricing options
$0+: Up to 1% annually for Money Management clients, negotiable $0+: .25% annually for IRA clients
Separate and standard compensation received as registered representative for executing security transactions; commissions may be charged by broker/dealer but not combined with advisory fees
Account minimum: $150,000 to $200,000 (if client wishes to trade individual securities) Fee-only: 0.25% per year for IRA clients; up to 1% per year for money management clients, negotiable; retirement plan fees negotiated with plan trustees, typically $375 per year out-of-pocket for plan participants under certain options
14 Ridgedale Ave, Suite 125
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
New Jersey
LPL Financial
2025 - Present (1 year)
Francis Noonan - Sole Prop dba Personal Financial Specialists
1999 - 2025 (26 years)
Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc.
1991 - 2025 (34 years)
Bauman, Noonan and Associates (Self)
1991 - Present (35 years)
American United Life Insurance Company
1990 - 2025 (35 years)
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